Senior Frontend Engineer (Video Streaming)

Job Description

About Multi Media, LLC

Multi Media, LLC is the company behind Chaturbate, one of the most heavily trafficked live streaming platforms in the world. We support a global network of independent content creators and millions of real-time viewers, delivering interactive video at scale. Our infrastructure handles complex broadcasting, low-latency streaming, and high-engagement user experiences. All live, all the time.

We’re building a platform where creators can express themselves freely and grow their communities, where viewers discover and interact with creators they’re drawn to, and where the team behind it is challenged, trusted, and responsible for shaping the experience of millions of users around the world. We value people who take initiative, stay curious, and care deeply about the quality and impact of what they build.

The Role

We’re looking for a Senior Frontend Engineer to join our Video Streaming Team and own key parts of the frontend video stack, including the web player, broadcaster tools, and viewer experiences for live and VOD playback.

In this role, you’ll build and optimize high-performance, user-facing features with a focus on playback quality, latency, and cross-browser reliability. Working closely with your team, you’ll tackle complex streaming challenges to deliver a seamless, real-time video experience.

You’ll also drive technical decisions, shape frontend architecture, and ensure performance at scale. Success in this role requires strong product thinking, a deep understanding of browser behavior, and the ability to debug and optimize complex systems in production.

What You’ll Do

• Build and improve the UI for a web video player and related frontend components
• Optimize startup time, latency, and playback quality across browsers/devices
• Partner with backend and infrastructure teams to diagnose and resolve streaming issues

Requirements

You Have

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• 7+ years of experience building modern web applications
• Strong expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript and modern frontend frameworks (React preferred)
• Professional experience working with video streaming technologies (e.g., HLS, DASH, WebRTC, ABR, CDNs, or video players)
• Experience building and optimizing performance-sensitive user interfaces
• Experience collaborating closely with backend and infrastructure teams
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in complex, high-scale environments

Nice to Have

• Experience working on live streaming or real-time video products
• Familiarity with browser media APIs (e.g., MSE/EME)
• Experience operating in high-scale, high-availability systems
• Passion for improving video quality and user experience at scale

Benefits

You’ll Get

• Competitive compensation with performance bonuses
• Fully remote option
• Health, vision, dental, and life insurance for you and any dependents, with policy premiums covered by the company
• Long- & short-term disability insurance
• Unlimited PTO
• Annual year-end company closure
• Optional 401k with 5% matching
• 12 paid holidays
• Paid lunches in-office; if remote, a $125/week stipend via Sharebite
• EAP and employee recognition programs

The base salary range for this position is $180,000 - $215,000 annually. Range reflects base salary only. It does not include additional compensation or benefits. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum range for a new hire across the U.S. for the posted position. A candidate's specific pay will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the candidate's job-related skills, relevant education, training, experience, certifications, and abilities of the candidate, as well as other factors unique to each candidate.

Please note: All offers from Multi Media, LLC are made only after a structured, multi-step recruiting process that includes live interviews, followed by a verbal offer before any written agreement is extended. Official communications, including from interviewers, will only come from email addresses ending in @multimediallc.com.

Multi Media, LLC is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.